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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
transferrin
dairy and fortified foods
protein
prealbumin levels
2. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
dark green - orange - drybeans
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
apple is higher risk than a pear
500 cal/day
3. How many calories/gram is protein?
transferrin
protein
antioxidant - immune function
4 calories/gram
4. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
protein and fat
fat soluble vitamins
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
transferrin
5. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
fats
dark green - orange - drybeans
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
6. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
carrots and sweet potatoes
one tspn salt or less
hemoglobin
antioxidant - immune function
7. What is RDA of protein?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
18-25
rickets - osteomalacia
8. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
hemoglobin
liver and intestinal synthesis
prealbumin levels
9. Name six sources of grains
hemorrhage
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
TPN total parenteral nutrition
albumin levels
10. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
3 cups
dark green - orange - drybeans
diet recall
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
11. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
albumin levels
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
12. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
fat soluble vitamins
rickets - osteomalacia
cream cheese - cream or butter
albumin levels
13. What are healthy sources of fats?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
fats
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
decrease in total lymphocyte count
14. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
4 calories/gram
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
15. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
5.5 ounces/day
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
dark green - orange - drybeans
16. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
fats
day week or month
4 calories/gram
17. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
transferrin
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
18. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
protein and fat
transferrin
B and C
19. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
albumin levels
protein
20. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
B and C
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
21. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
liver and intestinal synthesis
cream cheese - cream or butter
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
protein and fat
22. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
2 cups
review of systems
protein and fat
23. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
300 cal/day increase
6 oz. a day
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
fat soluble vitamins
24. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
B and C
cream cheese - cream or butter
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
atrophy or wasting of muscle
25. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
liver and intestinal synthesis
essential amino acids
apple is higher risk than a pear
26. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
rickets - osteomalacia
antioxidant - immune function
27. The higher the BMR a client has --
hemorrhage
can consume more calories without weight gain
dietary approach to stop hypertension
antioxidant - immune function
28. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
fats
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
day week or month
29. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
18-25
essential amino acids
decrease in total lymphocyte count
cream cheese - cream or butter
30. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
antioxidant - immune function
protein
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
dietary approach to stop hypertension
31. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
hemoglobin
dairy and fortified foods
300 cal/day increase
32. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
18-25
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
atrophy or wasting of muscle
33. What is the function of vitamin C?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
34. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
starches - sugars - and cellulose
atrophy or wasting of muscle
low albumin levels < 3.4
35. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fats
milk - enriched grains
36. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
day week or month
4 calories/gram
TPN total parenteral nutrition
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
37. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
18-25
low albumin levels < 3.4
one week period
hemorrhage
38. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
fat soluble vitamins
2 cups
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
39. When does BMR decrease?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
4 calories/gram
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
40. Fats can lead to some medical problems
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
dietary approach to stop hypertension
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
prealbumin levels
41. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
day week or month
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
42. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
diet recall
18-25
43. What is normal BMI?
one tspn salt or less
18-25
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
44. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
6 oz. a day
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
45. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
TPN total parenteral nutrition
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
46. What is the function of vitamin E?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
dietary approach to stop hypertension
antioxidant - immune function
47. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
day week or month
low albumin levels < 3.4
48. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
hemoglobin
review of systems
49. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
protein
hemorrhage
atrophy or wasting of muscle
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
50. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
dairy and fortified foods
3 cups